San Joaquin County Biographies
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MASON HOSPITAL OF LODI.
Among the institutions of San Joaquin County caring for the sick and
unfortunate residents of Lodi and vicinity is the Mason Hospital of Lodi, which
is conducted by Mrs. Thirza M. Cole and her sister, Mrs. Nellie B. Yates, joint
owners of this institution. Mrs. Cole was born at Greeley, Colo., and received
her education in the grammar and normal schools of Colorado; she then took up
nursing at the Salida, Colo., Red Cross Hospital, and in 1911 finished the
course and became a registered nurse. She was then superintendent of the
hospital at Salida, Colo., four years, when she came to California and engaged
in general nursing practice in Lodi, with the exception of one year spent at
Fresno. During the influenza epidemic, Mrs. Cole was put in charge of the work
to control the epidemic at the Mason Hospital.
In 1921, Mrs. Cole purchased the hospital from Mr. Slauson, and since
acquiring it she has remodeled and equipped the same. New beds, bedding, rugs
and other necessary equipment have replaced the old and it is now modern in
every respect, as well as sanitary in every particular. The hospital will
accommodate fifteen patients and it is filled to capacity most of the time. Her
sister, Mrs. Yates, is part owner and assists Mrs. Cole in conducting the
institution. The hospital is equipped with a modern operating room for all kinds
of surgical cases and also for maternity eases; it is a branch of the Emergency
County Hospital at Stockton. Mrs. Cole is thoroughly competent to handle the
most intricate of surgical cases; and her humane side is her most outstanding
characteristic, and the patients of the Mason Hospital find in her a most
considerate as well as efficient nurse and friend.
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co.,
1923
p 1541
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.